Charles Law Notes

Jacques Charles 1746-1823

 18th century scientist, inventor, mathematician, professor, and balloonist

 1787 he filled 5 balloons with different gasses and increased their
temperatures to 80oC. They all increased in volume by the same amount
 He married a girl 37 years younger than him and outlived her and he flew
hot air balloons as a hobby

What is Charles Law?

Charles Equation:

Charles Law Graph:

Gay-Lussac’s Law Notes

Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac December 6, 1778 – May 9, 1850

 Experimentalist
 Limoges, France

What is Gay-Lussac’s Law?

Gay-Lussac’s Equation:
Gay-Lussac’s Law Graph:

Directions: Watch the videos to see how to work problems

over Charles’ and Gay-Lussac Laws. All videos are on the google
classroom.
Charles Law Practice
A balloon takes up 625L at 0oC. If it is heated to 80oC, what will its new volume be?

If the volume of a piston filled with gas is 4.31L at 25oC, then what is the volume of the gas after it is heated to
50oC, assuming the system doesn’t experience a change in pressure?

Gay-Lussac’s Law Practice

The pressure in a sealed can of gas is 235kPa when it sits at room temperature (20 oC). If the can is warmed to
48oC, what will the new pressure inside the can be?

In the morning, a paintball pressure tank is at 306atm. The weather heats up over the course of the day, and
by 3pm the outside temperature is roasting at 38.5oC, and the pressure inside the tank is 324atm. What was
the temperature (in degrees Celsius) in the morning?